New Light on an Old Issue: the European Commission's Decisions - Striking Down Territorial Restrictions in Gas Services and Transportation Agreements
Article from: OGEL 1 (2006), in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Introduction
The European Commission has only recently published the landmark decisions that it announced in October 2004 (the "GDF Decisions") regarding the services agreement between Gaz de France and ENI (the "GDF/ENI Agreement") and the transportation agreement between Gaz de France and Enel (the "GDF/Enel Agreement", together the "GDF Agreements"). [1] The GDF Decisions represent a significant development because they are the first formal decisions under which the Commission has applied Article 81 of the EC Treaty to territorial restrictions in agreements involving the gas ...